Word: geologist
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...some oil and gas deposits are trapped within ancient cave systems that formed hundreds of millions of years ago. "So, about five years ago, some of us started looking in modern caves to see what they could tell us about where to hunt for oil," says Robert Handford, principal geologist at ARCO's research center in Plano, Texas. "It's been a truly eye- opening experience that has made us interpret some of the cores we bring up in a completely different manner." Because of the link between oil and caves, ARCO is starting to use remote-imaging technology...
...Talk about bad luck!" says Caltech geologist Brian Wernicke, squinting through a telescopic eyepiece at an aerial photo of Landers, California, a small town in the middle of the Mojave desert. "Wham! Right through this house. Wham! Right through that house. The funny thing is, there aren't that many houses out here...
With a mixture of excitement and dread, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena are rushing to augment an already extensive seismic network with portable instrumentation. "Before the San Andreas goes," reflects geologist Ken Hudnut somberly, "maybe we'll catch a precursor." A hot wind swoops across the desert as Hudnut retrieves a plastic box from under an oleander bush and pops the lid to reveal the small satellite receiver it shields from blowing sand. Nearby, a tripod-mounted antenna straddles a survey pipe like a spindly sentinel. Coded signals beamed down by orbiting ! satellites, Hudnut explains, serve...
...possible they contributed to the building blocks of life," the geologist says...
Though extensive research is being done on meteorites, practical application of this information is still far away, say the geologist. Mining for minerals on other planets or asteroids is unlikely due to economic reasons...